Draft-equalizer.



No 757,761. PATBNTED ABR.'19, 1904.

E. R'MORAN. DRAFT EQUALIZER;

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 27, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DRAFT-EQUALIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,761, dated Aprill9, 1904.

Application filed October 27, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAH F. MORAN, acitizen of the United States,residing at Choice, in the county of Fillmore and State of Min nesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft-Equalizers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful imprdvements indraft-equalizers; and

.it has for its objects among others to provide an improved device ofthis character which shall be simple in its construction, efliicient inoperation, and not liable to injury. I

It has for a further object to provide for the taking of the side draftoff the binder. This I accomplish by bracing the center piece solid tothe binder-pole, so it cannot move relatively thereto. I also make theportion to which the pair of horses are connected of less length thanthat to which the one horse is attached, whereby the whole evener willset straight on the pole. By my construction the evener will workequally as well under or on top of the pole or on a right-hand binder ora left-hand binder. I provide also for adjustment of the means forattachment of the one horse, whereby a four-horse evener may theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view-ofadraft-equalizer embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section through the same on the line Serial No. 178,739. (Nomodel.)

. the pole, and 2 the center piece, which isconnected to the pole at 3.

4 is a member parallel with the center piece 2. It is connected with thepole 1 at 5, while inclined or singularly-disposed braces 6 and 7,mounted at one end of the pin or bolt 5, have their other ends secured,as at 8 and 9, to the center piece 2 upon opposite sides of .the pin orpoint of connection 3 of the center piece 7 nected to the member 4:,near its opposite ends, and the other ends connected with the long andshort members of the evener.

12 is the shorter member, near the center of which, as at 13, the end ofthe link 10 is connected, while the longer member 1 1 has the end of thelink-11 connected therewith, as at 15. The short member 12 is pivotallyconnected to the adjacent end of the member 2, as at 16, While thelonger member 14 is pivotally connected, as at 17, with the adjacent endof the member 2, all as clearly seen in Fig. 1.

18 represents metal plates secured to the opposite ends of the member 2,as seen best in Fig. 2, and upon opposite sides thereof ,andbetwen theends of these plates, which project beyond the ends of the member 2, theadjacent ends of the long and short members are disposed and free tomove.

19 is a two-horse evener connected with the short member 12 near itsouter end, being connected with a clevis or the like 20, secured to saidend and embracing the member, as seen in Fig. 2.

21 is a clevis orthe like secured to the outer end of the longer member14: for connection with the swingletree 22. 23 is another clevis or thelike securedt-o the'l'onger member 14, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, andserving for the adjustment of the attachment of the swingletree whendesired.

The advantages of the above construction will be apparent to anyoneskilled in this art and will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription, as will also the operation,

and a further detailed description does notappear necessary. I

Modifications in detail may be resorted to without departing from thespirit of the in- Vention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed as new is- In a draft-equalizer, the combination withthe pole and the center piece secured thereto, of the member parallelwith the center piece and connected with the pole, the inclined braces,the long and short members in the same plane with the center piece andwith each other and the plates upon opposite sides of said members andthe center piece and forming the connections between the same and thesaid member, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

F. A. OLSON, S. R. SEVERSON.

